School: Cnoc an Chláraigh, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 14002)

Location:
Knockaclarig, Co. Cork
Teacher:
David Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 435

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  1. Woodflies
    The best bait for brown trout in the months of June or July
    How to catch wood flies
    Wood flies are found in the woods
    Get small timber box with a cover attached at one side with two straps of leather. Bore a hole large enough for the jole of a bottle to fit into it, in one side of the Box.
    Place the box in the doo put a little fresh manure into it
    Fit the nought of the bottle into hole in the side.
    Attach a cord to lid of box a piece of stick and place it under the lid so as to keep it half open.
    Move away from the box, the bees will go into the box. When they are inside pull the cord the cover will drop down and the bees cant escape. The bees will all come out into the bottle cork the bottle before taking it from the box. One of these
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